Fulham F.C. season 2007-08

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Fulham F.C.
Season 2007-08
League Premier League
Manager Flag of Northern Ireland Lawrie Sanchez succeeded by
Flag of England Roy Hodgson
League position 17th
Top goalscorer League:
Clint Dempsey (6)
All competitions:
Clint Dempsey (6)
David Healy (6)
Diomansy Kamara (6)
Danny Murphy (6)
FA Cup Third round
Carling Cup Third round
Highest home attendance 25,357 vs Chelsea (1 January 2008)
Lowest home attendance 10,500 vs Bolton (26 September 2007)
Previous season 2006-07
Next season 2008-09

Main article: Fulham F.C. seasons
Preceding article: Fulham F.C. season 2006-07
Succeeding article: Fulham F.C. season 2008-09


The 2007-08 season was Fulham Football Club's 7th consecutive season in the Barclays Premier League. Manager Lawrie Sanchez was in charge for the first few months of the season(after taking charge at the end of the last campaign) but left the club by mutual consent in December 2007, after a string of poor results (gaining only two wins all season),had sent Fulham sliding towards the relegation zone. He was replaced by ex-Finland coach Roy Hodgson, who had previously been in charge of fellow Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, as well as having managed around Europe. Fulham managed to save themselves from relegation to the Football League Championship 1-0 away win against Portsmouth at Fratton Park, their third straight away victory, despite wins for their relegation rivals Reading and Birmingham City, staying up on goal difference.[1]

Contents

[edit] Season Review

[edit] August

Fulham almost started the season off perfectly when they were ahead against Arsenal through a David Healy goal after 1 minute during the first weekend of the season, but Arsenal won the game in the last 10 minutes with goals from Robin Van Persie(pen) and Alexander Hleb. Fulham, though, did win their first home match of the season, in a midweek match against Bolton Wanderers, with goals from Healy again and Alexei Smertin, this time themselves coming from a goal behind after ex-Fulham striker Heidar Helguson's early goal. It would be several months before Fulham would experience another league victory. In their third game of the season, Fulham again experienced a turnaround, but this time the scoreline went against them. They were 1-0 up against Middlesbrough - Brian McBride scoring before being carried off injured - but they could not hold on to their lead and lost 2-1. But there was controversy about the result because, in the last minute, Healy had a clear goal not given as the referee or linesman could not see that the ball had crossed the line. The final league game of the month was against Aston Villa and, for a fourth game in succession, the team scoring the first goal failed to win. Fulham scored through Healy after 6 minutes, but two second half goals from Zat Knight and Shaun Maloney gave Villa victory.

[edit] September

After three agonising defeats in their first four games, Fulham felt that they deserved some luck and this came in the first game of September against Tottenham. Younes Kaboul and Dimitar Berbatov had put Tottenham in cruise control with two first goals before Dempsey replied for Fulham just before half-time. Gareth Bale extended Tottenham's lead on 61 minutes to 3-1 but Fulham amazingly managed to snatch a draw. Alexei Smertin's 77th minute goal and Kamara's bicycle kick in stoppage time gave Fulham a 3-3 draw.

In the next game away to Wigan it was the opposition that rescued the game late on. Dempsey gave Fulham the lead but Jason Koumas scored a penalty 10 minutes from time (after Bouazza's foul on Mario Melchiot gave Wigan a point that, in truth, they did not deserve. Another two draws followed in September. Firstly a 3-3 draw against Manchester City after throwing away a lead twice before having to eventually come from behind (Bouazza, Davies and Murphy scoring for Fulham, with the Manchester City goals from Martin Petrov (2) and Emile Mpenza). They followed that up by holding Chelsea to a 0-0 at Stamford Bridge.

In the Carling Cup, Fulham suffered a 2-1 home defeat against Bolton.

[edit] October

Fulham started October with a home defeat against Portsmouth, through deflected strikes by John Utaka (deflection off Bocanegra) and Hermann Hreidarsson's goal which deflected off Chris Baird past Kasey Keller, within two minutes at the start of the second-half. A week later against Derby County Fulham had their second goalless draw of the season in a game of few chances, and in truth Derby could have snatched the win.

The final game of the month saw Fulham, not for the first or last time that season, throw away a lead late on to drop points, with a 1-1 draw against Sunderland. Davies gave Fulham the lead in the first half and they held out until the 86th minute, when Kenwyne Jones was in the right place to score an equaliser for Sunderland.

[edit] November

Fulham started November with a 3-1 home victory against Reading. Davies put Fulham in front after 18 minutes but Kevin Doyle equalised ten minutes after the break. However, Fulham still managed to win the game with further goals from Dempsey and Healy, before Elliott Omosuszi was sent off in injury time, in only his second appearance, for a second yellow card.[2] Fulham were unlucky to lose in their next game away at Liverpool as Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard (penalty) both scored in the last 10 minutes for a 2-0 victory. It was very harsh on Fulham who had resisted the Liverpool pressure for the majority of the game.[3] The game was significant in the fact that Rafa Benitez named an unchanged side for the first time in a year.

After the international break, Fulham drew 2-2 with Blackburn having twice been in front through goals from Murphy (penalty) and Kamara but were then pegged back by Brett Emerton (57) and Stephen Warnock (79).[4]

[edit] December

As usual, December was a busy month for all the clubs, with matches crammed together at the end of the month and it turned out to be a very unsucessful period for Fulham as they took just 2 points from 6 matches.

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

April started with a 3-1 defeat at home against Sunderland, with second half goals from Danny Collins, Michael Chopra and Kenwyne Jones, even though Fulham had equalised through a brilliant David Healy goal from 30 yards out. Things improved the next week though as Fulham finally recorded their first away win since beating Newcastle in September 2006, against Reading at the Madejski Stadium, Brian McBride and Erik Nevland scoring the goals. It came as some relief to the long-suffering away support and put Fulham's survival bid back on track. However Fulham then suffered a home defeat against an under-strength Liverpool side despite the away side being focused on the Champions League game against Chelsea - Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch scored the goals for Liverpool. This defeat meant for most Fulham fans that relegation was looking almost certain - and if results would not go their way the following week, then they could be relegated.

The following week, on April 26 2008, Fulham gained a priceless three points away to Manchester City to record their second successive away victory. After falling behind 2-0 in the first half and heading down, the Whites fought back to score three goals in the last twenty minutes, culminating with a 92nd minute goal by Diomansy Kamara, his second of the game, coupled with a goal from a Danny Murphy rebound after missing a penalty.

[edit] May

On May 3rd Fulham were able to pull themselves out of the drop zone as Reading lost to Tottenham, and Fulham earned a vital three points with a win against Birmingham, who were one point above Fulham in the league table. This sent Birmingham to 19th position and Reading to 18th position, as Fulham leapfrogs both of them to 17th position as their goal difference was superior to Reading's. The goals came from McBride in the 52nd minute from a Jimmy Bullard freekick and Erik Nevland three minutes from time. Fulham's Premier League survival was in their own hands effectively going into the last game of the season - both Reading and Birmingham registered big wins yet Fulham survived on goal difference via a 1-0 victory away to Portsmouth from a Danny Murphy header.

[edit] Squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of the United States GK Kasey Keller
2 Flag of Germany DF Moritz Volz
3 Flag of the United States DF Carlos Bocanegra
4 Flag of England DF Paul Konchesky
5 Flag of France DF Philippe Christanval
6 Flag of Serbia DF Dejan Stefanović
7 Flag of South Korea MF Seol Ki-Hyeon
8 Flag of Russia MF Alexey Smertin
9 Flag of Northern Ireland FW David Healy
10 Flag of Finland FW Jari Litmanen
11 Flag of Senegal FW Diomansy Kamara
12 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago GK Tony Warner
13 Flag of Portugal GK Ricardo Batista
14 Flag of the United States FW Eddie Johnson
15 Flag of Norway FW Erik Nevland
16 Flag of Ireland MF Michael Timlin
17 Flag of Canada DF Paul Stalteri (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
18 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Aaron Hughes
No. Position Player
20 Flag of the United States FW Brian McBride (captain)
21 Flag of England MF Jimmy Bullard
22 Flag of England DF Elliot Omozusi
23 Flag of the United States MF Clint Dempsey
24 Flag of Algeria FW Hameur Bouazza
25 Flag of Wales MF Simon Davies
26 Flag of Denmark MF Leon Andreasen
27 Flag of England MF Danny Murphy
28 Flag of England MF Robert Milsom
29 Flag of Finland GK Antti Niemi
31 Flag of England DF Adam Watts
32 Flag of Norway DF Brede Hangeland
33 Flag of Finland DF Toni Kallio
34 Flag of Northern Ireland DF Chris Baird
35 Flag of New Zealand MF Simon Elliott
37 Flag of Australia DF Adrian Leijer
-- Flag of the Netherlands FW Collins John

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Summer

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
June 27, 2007 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Aston Villa £1m
July 5, 2007 MF Flag of Northern Ireland Steven Davis Aston Villa Undisclosed
July 9, 2007 FW Flag of Senegal Diomansy Kamara West Brom £6m
July 12, 2007 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Chris Baird Southampton £3.035m
July 13, 2007 FW Flag of Northern Ireland David Healy Leeds United £1.5m
July 13, 2007 DF Flag of England Paul Konchesky West Ham £3.25m
July 19, 2007 MF Flag of England Lee Cook QPR £2.5m
August 4, 2007 MF Flag of Australia Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory Undisclosed
August 8, 2007 DF Flag of Algeria Hameur Bouazza Watford Undisclosed
August 23, 2007 GK Flag of the United States Kasey Keller Borussia Mönchengladbach Free
August 30, 2007 DF Flag of England Nathan Ashton Unattached Free
August 31, 2007 FW Flag of Finland Shefki Kuqi Crystal Palace Loan
August 31, 2007 MF Flag of England Danny Murphy Tottenham Hotspur Loan
August 31, 2007 MF Flag of South Korea Seol Ki-Hyeon Reading Undisclosed
August 31, 2007 DF Flag of Serbia Dejan Stefanovic Portsmouth £1m

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
June 14, 2007 GK Flag of Wales Mark Crossley Oldham Athletic Free
July 1, 2007 MF Flag of England Matthew Collins Swansea Free
July 23, 2007 FW Flag of Iceland Heidar Helguson Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed
July 31, 2007 MF Flag of England Michael Brown Wigan Athletic Undisclosed
August 3, 2007 DF Flag of France Franck Queudrue Birmingham £2m
August 29, 2007 DF Flag of England Zat Knight Aston Villa £3.5m
August 31, 2007 MF Flag of Senegal Papa Bouba Diop Portsmouth Undisclosed
August 31, 2007 DF Flag of England Liam Rosenior Reading Undisclosed

[edit] Winter

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
January 18, 2008 DF Flag of Norway Brede Hangeland Copenhagen Undisclosed
January 22, 2008 DF, MF Flag of Denmark Leon Andreasen Werder Bremen Undisclosed
January 23, 2008 FW Flag of the United States Eddie Johnson Kansas City Wizards(MLS) Undisclosed
January 31, 2008 DF Flag of Finland Toni Kallio Young Boys Undisclosed
January 31, 2008 FW Flag of Finland Jari Litmanen Malmo Free
January 31, 2008 DF Flag of Canada Paul Stalteri Tottenham Hotspur Loan

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player
19 Flag of England DF Ian Pearce (on loan to Southampton)
30 Flag of England MF Wayne Brown (on loan to Brentford)
38 Flag of England MF Nathan Ashton (on loan to Crystal Palace)
-- Flag of Northern Ireland MF Steven Davis (on loan to Rangers)
-- Flag of England MF Lee Cook (on loan to Charlton Athletic)
18 Flag of England MF Michael Timlin (on loan to Swindon)
No. Position Player
–– Flag of Sweden FW Björn Runström (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
–– Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo DF Gabriel Zakuani (on loan to Stoke City)
–– Flag of France FW Ismael Ehui (on loan to Carshalton Athletic)
–– Flag of England DF TJ Moncur (on loan to Bradford City)
12 Flag of England GK Tony Warner (on loan to Barnsley until February 13)
-- Flag of England MF Robert Milsom (on loan to Brentford until March 12)

[edit] Club

[edit] The Management

Position Staff
Manager Flag of England Roy Hodgson
First Team Coach Flag of England Ray Lewington
Goalkeeping Coach Flag of England Mike Kelly
Reserve Team Coach Flag of Scotland Billy McKinlay
Academy Coach Flag of England Gary Brazil
Head of Youth Development Flag of England John Murtough
Physiotherapist Flag of Australia Jason Palmer
Club Doctor Flag of England Steve Nance
Chief Scout Flag of England John Marshall

Last updated: 21 Sep 2007
Source: Fulham FC

[edit] Other Information

Chairman Flag of Egypt Mohamed Al Fayed
Managing Director Flag of Scotland David McNally
Technical Director Flag of England Les Reed
Director Flag of Egypt Omar Fayed
Director Flag of Egypt Karim Fayed
Director Flag of England Mark Collins
Director Flag of England Stuart Benson
Commercial Manager Flag of England Olly Dale
Commercial Manager Flag of England Mark Maunders
Secretary Flag of England Zoe Ward
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Craven Cottage (26,600 / 112x72 yards)

Source: Fulham article on 15 Aug 2007

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 17 12 Aug 2007 11 May 2008
Football League Cup 2nd round 2nd round 28 Aug 2007 26 September 2007
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 6 Jan 2008 22 January 2008

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

[edit] Premier League

[edit] Premier League Table

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United  (C) 38 27 6 5 80 22 58 87 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Group stage
2 Chelsea 38 25 10 3 65 26 39 85
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 43 83 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 39 76
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 22 65 UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round
6 Aston Villa 38 16 12 10 71 51 20 60 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 Third round
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 2 58
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 8 57
9 Manchester City 38 15 10 13 45 53 -8 55
10 West Ham United 38 13 10 15 42 50 -8 49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 13 14 66 61 5 46 UEFA Cup 2008-09 First round
12 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 45 65 -20 43
13 Wigan Athletic 38 10 10 18 34 51 -17 40
14 Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 43 53 -10 42
15 Sunderland 38 11 6 21 36 59 -23 39
16 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 10 19 36 54 -18 37
17 Fulham 38 8 12 18 38 60 -22 36
18 Reading 38 10 6 22 41 66 -25 36 Relegation to
League Championship
19 Birmingham City 38 8 11 19 46 62 -16 35
20 Derby County 38 1 8 29 20 85 -65 11

Last updated: 05 May 2008
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
More about European qualification:
a. The 6th-placed team will qualify for the UEFA Cup if Portsmouth beat Cardiff City in the FA Cup Final and finish 5th;
b. The highest-placed team who applies for the Intertoto Cup and does not finish in an automatic UEFA Cup spot will be awarded with a place in the Intertoto Cup. Everton, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City are the applicants for the Intertoto Cup;[5]
c. A further place in the UEFA Cup is available via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries which score an average of over eight in Uefa Fair Play League except the top one will automatically receive one of the UEFA Cup berths. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round. If the team who finishes top of the Premiership Fair Play League has already qualified for Europe via the league, their place in the draw will be awarded to the next highest placed team in the Fair Play League who hasn't qualified for Europe;[6]
For further information on European qualification see Premier League - Competition.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.

[edit] Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 36 8 12 18 38 60 -22 5 5 9 22 31 -9 3 7 9 16 29 -13

Last updated: 11 May 2008
Source: Barclays Premier League
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] Results by round

Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground A H H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A A H A A H A A H H A H A A H A H A H A
Result L W L L D D D D L D D W L D L L L D L D L L L D W L L L D W L D L W L W W W

Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win.

[edit] Matches

[edit] Pre-Season Friendlies

2007-07-17
19:45
Dagenham & Redbridge 0 – 1 Fulham Victoria Road, Dagenham
Attendance: 1,224
(Report) Kamara Scored after 44 minutes 44'

2007-07-20
20:00
Brighton 1 – 2 Fulham Withdean Stadium, Brighton & Hove
Attendance: 3,658
Robinson Scored after 3 minutes 3' (Report) Dempsey Scored after 44 minutes 44'
Smertin Scored after 71 minutes 71'

2007-07-24
11:00
Portsmouth 1 – 0 Fulham Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
Attendance: 36,801
Benjani Scored after 44 minutes 44' (Report)

2007-07-27
11:00
South China 1 – 4 Fulham Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po
Attendance: 39,535
Flavio Barros Scored after 56 minutes 56' (Report) Diop Scored after 19 minutes 19'
Bocanegra Scored after 46 minutes 46'
Healy Scored after 73 minutes 73'
McBride Scored after 82 minutes 82'

2007-08-01
19:35
Staines 1 – 2 Fulham XI Wheatsheaf Park, Staines
Attendance: 385
Referee: Paul Forrester
Watts Scored after 16 minutes 16' (og) (Report) Timlin Scored after 35 minutes 35'
Goncalves Scored after 77 minutes 77'

2007-08-03
20:00
QPR 2 – 1 Fulham Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush
Attendance: 5,479
Sahar Scored after 58 minutes 58' Scored after 68 minutes 68' (Report) McBride Scored after 10 minutes 10'

2007-08-07
19:45
Aldershot 1 – 1 Fulham XI Recreation Ground, Aldershot
Attendance: 1,035
Referee: Steve Creighton
Chalmers Scored after 27 minutes 27' (Report) Brown Scored after 30 minutes 30' (pen)

[edit] Premier League

2007-08-12
12:00
Arsenal 2 – 1 Fulham Emirates Stadium, Holloway, London
Attendance: 60,093
Referee: Phil Dowd
van Persie Scored after 84 minutes 84' (pen)
Hleb Scored after 90 minutes 90'
(Report) Healy Scored after 1 minutes 1'

2007-08-15
19:45
Fulham 2 – 1 Bolton Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 21,102
Referee: Lee Probert
Healy Scored after 23 minutes 23'
Smertin Scored after 26 minutes 26'
(Report) Helguson Scored after 12 minutes 12'

2007-08-18
15:00
Fulham 1 – 2 Middlesbrough Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 20,948
Referee: Lee Mason
McBride Scored after 16 minutes 16' (Report) Mido Scored after 55 minutes 55'
Cattermole Scored after 88 minutes 88'

2007-08-25
15:00
Aston Villa 2 – 1 Fulham Villa Park, Aston, Birmingham
Attendance: 36,638
Referee: Steve Bennett
Knight Scored after 51 minutes 51' (og)
Maloney Scored after 90+1 minutes 90+1'
(Report) Dempsey Scored after 6 minutes 6'

2007-09-01
15:00
Fulham 3 – 3 Tottenham Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 24,007
Referee: Mike Riley
Dempsey Scored after 42 minutes 42'
Smertin Scored after 77 minutes 77'
Kamara Scored after 90 minutes 90'
(Report) Kaboul Scored after 10 minutes 10'
Berbatov Scored after 28 minutes 28'
Bale Scored after 61 minutes 61'

2007-09-15
15:00
Wigan 1 – 1 Fulham JJB Stadium, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Attendance: 16,975
Referee: Rob Styles
Koumas Scored after 80 minutes 80' (Report) Dempsey Scored after 11 minutes 11'

2007-09-22
17:15
Fulham 3 – 3 Man City Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 24,674
Referee: Mark Halsey
Davies Scored after 13 minutes 13'
Bouazza Scored after 48 minutes 48'
Murphy Scored after 75 minutes 75'
(Report) Petrov Scored after 36 minutes 36' Scored after 60 minutes 60'
Mpenza Scored after 50 minutes 50'

2007-09-29
15:00
Chelsea 0 – 0 Fulham Stamford Bridge, Walham Green, London
Attendance: 41,147
Referee: Mark Halsey
(Report)

2007-10-07
16:10
Fulham 0 – 2 Portsmouth Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 20,774
Referee: Howard Webb
(Report) Benjani Scored after 50 minutes 50'
Hreiðarsson Scored after 52 minutes 52'

2007-10-20
15:00
Fulham 0 – 0 Derby Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 22,576
Referee: Phil Dowd
(Report)

2007-10-27
15:00
Sunderland 1 – 1 Fulham Stadium of Light, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Attendance: 39,392
Referee: Andre Marriner
Jones Scored after 86 minutes 86' (Report) Davies Scored after 32 minutes 32'

2007-11-03
15:00
Fulham 3 – 1 Reading Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 22,086
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Davies Scored after 18 minutes 18'
Dempsey Scored after 72 minutes 72'
Healy Scored after 90+1 minutes 90+1'
(Report) Doyle Scored after 54 minutes 54'

2007-11-10
17:15
Liverpool 2 – 0 Fulham Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside
Attendance: 43,057
Referee: Steve Tanner
Torres Scored after 81 minutes 81'
Gerrard Scored after 85 minutes 85' (pen)
(Report)

2007-11-25
16:00
Fulham 2 – 2 Blackburn Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 22,826
Referee: Mike Dean
Murphy Scored after 51 minutes 51'
Kamara Scored after 63 minutes 63'
(Report) Emerton Scored after 57 minutes 57'
Warnock Scored after 79 minutes 79'

2007-12-03
20:00
Man Utd 2 – 0 Fulham Old Trafford, Trafford, Greater Manchester
Attendance: 75,055
Referee: Rob Styles
Ronaldo Scored after 10 minutes 10' Scored after 58 minutes 58' (Report)

2007-12-08
15:00
Everton 3 – 0 Fulham Goodison Park, Liverpool, Merseyside
Attendance: 32,743
Referee: Steve Bennett
Yakubu Scored after 51 minutes 51' Scored after 61 minutes 61' Scored after 79 minutes 79' (Report)

2007-12-15
17:15
Fulham 0 – 1 Newcastle Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 24,959
Referee: Howard Webb
(Report) Barton Scored after 90+2 minutes 90+2' (pen)

2007-12-22
15:00
Fulham 1 – 1 Wigan Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 20,820
Referee: Alan Wiley
Dempsey Scored after 78 minutes 78' (Report) Bent Scored after 70 minutes 70'

2007-12-26
13:00
Tottenham 5 – 1 Fulham White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London
Attendance: 36,077
Referee: Andre Marriner
Keane Scored after 27 minutes 27' Scored after 62 minutes 62'
Huddlestone Scored after 46 minutes 46' Scored after 71 minutes 71'
Defoe Scored after 90 minutes 90'
(Report) Dempsey Scored after 60 minutes 60'

2007-12-29
15:00
Birmingham 1 – 1 Fulham St Andrews Stadium, Bordesley Green, Birmingham
Attendance: 28,923
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Larsson Scored after 55 minutes 55' (Report) Bocanegra Scored after 8 minutes 8'

2008-01-01
12:45
Fulham 1 – 2 Chelsea Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,357
Referee: Mark Halsey
Murphy Scored after 10 minutes 10' (pen) (Report) Kalou Scored after 54 minutes 54'
Ballack Scored after 62 minutes 62' (pen)

2008-01-12
15:00
West Ham 2 – 1 Fulham Upton Park, West Ham, London
Attendance: 34,947
Referee: Mike Riley
Ashton Scored after 28 minutes 28'
Ferdinand Scored after 69 minutes 69'
(Report) Davies Scored after 8 minutes 8'

2008-01-19
15:00
Fulham 0 – 3 Arsenal Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,297
Referee: Peter Walton
(Report) Adebayor Scored after 19 minutes 19' Scored after 38 minutes 38'
Rosický Scored after 81 minutes 81'

2008-01-29
20:00
Bolton 0 – 0 Fulham Reebok Stadium, Horwich, Bolton
Attendance: 17,732
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
(Report)

2008-02-03
16:00
Fulham 2 – 1 Aston Villa Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 24,760
Referee: Chris Foy
Davies Scored after 73 minutes 73'
Bullard Scored after 86 minutes 86'
(Report) Hughes Scored after 69 minutes 69' (og)

2008-02-09
15:00
Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Fulham Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley
Attendance: 26,885
Referee: Phil Dowd
Aliadière Scored after 11 minutes 11' (Report)

2008-02-23
15:00
Fulham 0 – 1 West Ham Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,280
Referee: Howard Webb
(Report) Solano Scored after 87 minutes 87'

2008-03-01
15:00
Fulham 0 – 3 Man Utd Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,314
Referee: Mike Dean
(Report) Hargreaves Scored after 15 minutes 15'
Park Scored after 44 minutes 44'
Davies Scored after 72 minutes 72' (og)

2008-03-08
15:00
Blackburn 1 – 1 Fulham Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire
Attendance: 20,362
Referee: Mike Riley
Pedersen Scored after 59 minutes 59' (Report) Bullard Scored after 89 minutes 89'

2008-03-16
13:30
Fulham 1 – 0 Everton Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,262
Referee: Steve Bennett
McBride Scored after 67 minutes 67' Report

2008-03-22
15:00
Newcastle 2 – 0 Fulham St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Attendance: 52,293
Referee: Howard Webb
Viduka Scored after 6 minutes 6'
Owen Scored after 83 minutes 83'
Report

2008-03-29
15:00
Derby 2 – 2 Fulham Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire
Attendance: 33,034
Referee: Mike Dean
Villa Scored after 10 minutes 10' Scored after 80 minutes 80' Report Kamara Scored after 24 minutes 24'
Leacock Scored after 78 minutes 78' (og)

2008-04-05
15:00
Fulham 1 – 3 Sunderland Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,053
Referee: Mark Halsey
Healy Scored after 73 minutes 73' Report Collins Scored after 44 minutes 44'
Chopra Scored after 53 minutes 53'
Jones Scored after 75 minutes 75'

2008-04-12
15:00
Reading 0 – 2 Fulham Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 24,112
Referee: Chris Foy
Report McBride Scored after 24 minutes 24'
Nevland Scored after 90+2 minutes 90+2'

2008-04-19
15:00
Fulham 0 – 2 Liverpool Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,311
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Report Pennant Scored after 17 minutes 17'
Crouch Scored after 70 minutes 70'

2008-04-26
15:00
Man City 2 – 3 Fulham City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 44,504
Referee: Mike Dean
Ireland Scored after 10 minutes 10'
Benjani Scored after 21 minutes 21'
Report Kamara Scored after 70 minutes 70' Scored after 90+2 minutes 90+2'
Murphy Missed Scored after 79 minutes 79'

2008-05-03
15:00
Fulham 2–0 Birmingham Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 25,308
Referee: Chris Foy
McBride Scored after 52 minutes 52'
Nevland Scored after 87 minutes 87'
Report

2008-05-11
15:00
Portsmouth 0–1 Fulham Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Attendance: 20,582
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Report Murphy Scored after 76 minutes 76'

[edit] Carling Cup

2007-08-28
19:45
Shrewsbury 0 – 1 Fulham New Meadow, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Attendance: 6,223
Referee: Paul Taylor
(Report) Kamara Scored after 59 minutes 59'

2007-09-26
20:00
Fulham 1 – 2
(a.e.t.)
Bolton Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Steve Bennett
Healy Scored after 78 minutes 78' (Report) Guthrie Scored after 57 minutes 57'
Giannakopoulos Scored after 112 minutes 112'

[edit] FA Cup

2008-01-06
14:00
Fulham 2 – 2 Bristol Rovers Craven Cottage, Fulham, London
Attendance: 13,634
Referee: Keith Stroud
Healy Scored after 40 minutes 40'
Murphy Scored after 73 minutes 73'
(Report) Coles Scored after 2 minutes 2'
Hinton Scored after 65 minutes 65'

2008-01-22
19:45
Bristol Rovers 0 – 0
(a.e.t.)
Fulham Memorial Stadium, Horfield, Bristol
Attendance: 11,882
Referee: Martin Atkinson
(Report) Stefanovic Booked after 119'Booked againSent off after 119' 119'
     
Penalties
Lines Scored
Jacobson Scored
Lambert Scored
Hinton Scored
Disley Scored
5 – 3 Penalties
Missed (saved) Bullard
Scored Konchesky
Scored Hughes
Scored Healy
 

[edit] Squad Statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of the United States Kasey Keller 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0
12 GK Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Tony Warner 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 0
13 GK Flag of Portugal Ricardo Batista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK Flag of Finland Antti Niemi 22 0 1 0 0 0 23 0 0 0
2 DF Flag of Germany Moritz Volz 5 (4) 0 2 0 1 0 8 (4) 0 1 1
3 DF Flag of the United States Carlos Bocanegra 18 (4) 1 2 0 2 0 22 (4) 0 5 0
4 DF Flag of England Paul Konchesky 32 0 2 0 2 0 36 0 5 1
5 DF Flag of France Philippe Christanval 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Flag of England Zat Knight 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
6 DF Flag of Serbia Dejan Stefanovic 13 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 4 1
17 DF Flag of Canada Paul Stalteri 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 0
18 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 28 (1) 0 1 0 1 0 30 (1) 0 0 0
19 DF Flag of England Ian Pearce 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 1 0
22 DF Flag of England Elliot Omozusi 8 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 8 (1) 0 2 1
31 DF Flag of England Adam Watts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Flag of Norway Brede Hangeland 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 0
34 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Chris Baird 17 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 19 (2) 0 2 1
37 DF Flag of Australia Adrian Leijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Flag of England Nathan Ashton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF Flag of South Korea Seol Ki-Hyeon 4 (8) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 4 (11) 0 0 0
8 MF Flag of Russia Alexey Smertin 11 (4) 0 1 0 1 0 13 (4) 0 2 0
10 MF Flag of Northern Ireland Steven Davis 22 0 0 (1) 0 2 0 24 (1) 0 2 0
14 MF Flag of Senegal Papa Bouba Diop 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
21 MF Flag of England Jimmy Bullard 14 (2) 2 1 0 0 0 15 (2) 2 0 0
23 MF Flag of the United States Clint Dempsey 28 (6) 6 2 0 2 0 32 (6) 6 4 0
24 MF Flag of Algeria Hameur Bouazza 15 (5) 1 1 0 1 0 17 (5) 1 1 1
25 MF Flag of Wales Simon Davies 35 (1) 5 1 0 2 0 38 (1) 5 6 0
26 MF Flag of Denmark Leon Andreasen 9 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 9 (3) 0 2 1
27 MF Flag of England Danny Murphy 27 (5) 4 1 1 1 0 29 (5) 5 5 0
28 MF Flag of England Robert Milsom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Flag of England Wayne Brown 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Flag of Northern Ireland David Healy 15 (15) 4 2 1 1 (1) 1 18 (16) 6 4 0
11 FW Flag of Senegal Diomansy Kamara 16 (11) 5 0 0 1 (1) 1 17 (12) 6 7 0
14 FW Flag of Finland Shefki Kuqi 3 (7) 0 0 0 0 0 3 (7) 0 0 0
14 FW Flag of the United States Eddie Johnson 4 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 0 0
15 FW Flag of the Netherlands Collins John 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
15 FW Flag of Norway Erik Nevland 2 (5) 2 0 0 0 0 2 (5) 2 1 0
20 FW Flag of the United States Brian McBride (c) 13 (3) 4 0 0 0 0 13 (3) 4 1 0

As of 5 May 2008

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